Question reference: S6W-25125
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 1 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 22 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many formal agreements and partnerships it plans on making with key international stakeholders, and with which countries, as set out in its publication, Scotland's International Strategy: Delivering for Scotland.
Answer
Our international work provides us with significant opportunities to collaborate with like-minded partners, to share best practice, to learn from others and to help the Scottish Government develop and deliver effective policy at home. We have built links with international partners to discuss domestic interventions to tackle a wide range of issues, including demographic challenges and the conservation of biodiversity. In June last year, for example, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the Flemish Government to strengthen cooperation in a wide range of policy areas to support future collaboration and exchange best practice.
We will continue to engage with a variety of international partners on a range of policy areas, building on relationships where we already have strong links, such as in Europe and our near neighbourhood.